Friday, November 18, 2005

Cardboard self-portrait by Diana, grade 5

"This is the dress that i get to wear to a wedding that I am going to."

"The Tank" by Justin, grade 4

Wooden Stick Dude by Marcus, grade 5

Cardboard Man

Cardboard continues to be a popular material to work with in art class. I love the colored masking tape.

"The Macaw"

Each week in art class, Zachary will come into class and make some sort of animal at the collage center. "Miss Kinniery, today I am going to make a............." Right now his class is studying birds so for the past month he has made a variety of birds( egret, macaw, peacock) His mom told me that she hangs them in his room when he brings them home.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Santa Puppet by Taylor, grade 5

Guess who's coming to town!

Disco Puppet

Sara, grade5, made this disco puppet at home and broguth it to school to show me. It's good knowing some students will continue to create art at home.

"I made this of the Brazilian flag because that's where I am from." -Sara, grade 3

Kindergarten Owl Puppet

Noah made this owl puppet after he completed a color mixing lesson. This was completely self-directed. He got all of the supplies to make this on his own.

American Girl Doll Paper Dress

Brianna, grade 2, made this dress for her American Girl doll. She rolled cylinders for the arms and slipped them into holes in the sides of the large cylinder. I was amazed at her creativity.

Klichko vs Tyson

These boxers are Mike Tyson and a Ukranian boxer named Klichko. The student that made this is from the Ukraine and he spent 3 classes making it. The figures are made from aluminum foil wrapped with masking tape and painted with acrylics.

Michelle, grade 3, uses oil pastels to color her golden retriever.

Dog Book

These two second graders are collaborating on a dog book. They are using oil pastels and paint.

A first grader uses the shape method of painting her tiger

"Dog on a Blanket" by Matheus, grade 2

"Owl" by Samantha. grade one

Pair of Birds by Alicia, grade one

Action Puppet

This puppet was made after the lesson on drawing action figures. She used the same concept to draw and make the arms and legs move.

Bodies in Motion

Stephen, grade 3, practices drawing figures with ovals after a lesson on how to draw athletes.

Godzilla Painting (watercolor resist) by Mathew, grade 3